Nottingham blues-rockers Lords (pictured) are to team up with Gringo Records labelmates Bilge Pump for a series of dates later this month.

Both, nicely, have new albums forthcoming: Rupert The Sky is coming your way courtesy of Leeds' Bilge Pump (MySpace), while Lords (MySpace) follow up their This Ain't a Hate Thing, It's a Love Thing debut (review) with Everyone Is People. Both are released via Gringo. D'uh.

Listen to new tracks by following those MySpace links. Full dates as follows:

March

20 Nottingham Rose of England

21 London Buffalo Bar with The Notorious Hi-Fi Killers, Who Owns Death TV, An Emergency and more